Separable fastener.



I. V. BENOIT.

SEPARABLE FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20, l9I7.

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V.. BENOIT, OIE' BROOKLYN, NEW YDRK.

SEPRABIE FASTENER.

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Be it known that I, los "V, BENOIT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings andtate of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Separable Fasteners, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to separable fasteners of the head and socket type, such'as are used as a substitute for buttons.

Fasteners of this type have `heretofore been proposed, comprising a rigid head and a resilient socket member, but 1n such prior devicesit has been necessary to secure each member to the garment by means of sewing, or the like..

@ne object of the present invention is to `provide a device of this character having means whereby both the head and socket members may be readily attached to and detached from a garment without lthe necessity for sewing orV othern securing means. Another object is to so construct such a device that buttons of various ornamental designs may be interchangeably connected to the socket memberl as desired.

lln order that the invention may be readily understood, referenceis had to the accomn panying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which,

Figure 1 is a transverse section, showing one of my improved separable fasteners complete as it appears when attached to two portions of a garment to hold the same together;

Fig. 2 is a face view of the socket member;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view thereof, showing the same in its unfinished condition;

Fig. l is a rear view of the socket member;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the head member, showing the two pieces thereof separated;

Fig. 6 is a transverse section showing a buttonlhaving means by which it may be attached to the socket member;

F ig. 7 is a transverse section showing a modified construction of socket member; and

Figs. 8 and 9 are perspective views illus trating still further modified constructions of a part of the socket member. y o

Referring to the drawings in detail, my improved separable fastener comprises socket and head members, designatedin Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed March 20, 1917. Serial No. 156,041.

their entirety by the letters A and B, respectively. The socket member A, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3, consists of a diskshaped shell 1, preferably formed of sheet metal, having an upstanding marginal Bange 2, the edges of which are preferably turned overon themselves, as shown in Figs. 1 and 7.. Figs. 2 and 3 illustrate the flange before it has been so turned over. In the center of the shell 1 is mounted a dome-shaped socket 3, the shell l being cut away underneath this socket to form an opening 4, as shown in Fig. ll. Opposite sidesof the base of the socket 3 are cut away, as indicated at 5, to accommodate a spring member 6. 'I his spring member consists of a piece of resilient wire, bent, asshown in Figs. 2 and 3, to form loops 7 and 8, which engage under the flange 2, and one end 9 of which is also formed to engage under such flange. By this means the springmember is held to the shell 1 at three points. fixed points 7, 8, and 9, the spring member comprises a pair of resilient portions 10 and 11, which extend across the sides of the opening 4 as shown in Fig. 4, and serve to grip the head. member, ashereinafter de scribed.

The free end of the spring member 10 is brought in under the dome-shaped socket 3 and then bent sharply upward so that it teru minates in a pointed post 12, which projects screw-threaded, as shown in Fig. 3.

The head member consists of two pieces, as shown in Fig. 5. One piece consists of a rigid head 13, secured to a disk or base 14E, and provided with a central screw-threaded opening 15.` The other piece consists of a disk 16, carrying a central pointed screw threaded post 17, adapted to enter the open.. ing 15 in the other member. T he disk 16 is referably the same size as the base 14, and) may be provided with milled edges, as shown, to facilitate turning. Y

From the above` description, it will be evident that the head member shown in Fig. 5 can be readily attached to a garment at any desired point by simply pushing the post 17 through the cloth and then screwing the member 13-14 down upon the projecting end of the post, thus gripping the cloth between the parts 14 Y and 16, as clearly shown at y in Fig. 1. y y .y y

Intermediate the l The socket member shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4,*is adapted to vbe -secured m the same manner to another portion .fr ofthe garment, by means of ay coperating button member. As shown in Fig. 7, this button member comprises a hollow metal body 18, providedV at its center on one side with a screw-threaded opening 19, adapted to re` c'eive the similarly threaded post 12. Vhen the member 18 is screwed down tight Yupon this post, vit grips the cloth .fr between itself and the socket member or shell 1.

A"'.Ihe' rigid head 13 is adaptedy to enter the opening ,4 inthe socket member, and the resilient portions 10-11 of the spring snap over such head and hold the head andsocket members together, in a well known manner.

From the above it will be apparenttliat myv improved head and socket members may be attached to a garment at any desired polnt and may be readily detached therefrom. It

5' willalso be evident that the member 18 may be employed to simulate a button and may be made of any ornamental shape desired.

4Inthecase of buttons made of material which does not admit of screwthreads be f ing cut therein, as illustrated, for example,

at 20,V in Fig. 6, a suitable metal socket 21V may be embedded in the button and a screwthreaded opening 19V formed in'such socket.

Inthis way, buttons of any desired material may be employed with my inproved fastener', ,i Y Y Other ways of 'forming' the post 12 may becad'opted. Fig. 7 Vshows one simple and practical method of -,forming this post,

which consists in striking' up a portion 22 from the body of the'dome-shaped member` 3.V If desired, the post may be separately formed and secured Vvto the socket` member as by means of soldering or welding.

Figs. 8 and 9 illustrate still other ways in which the post may be formed integral with .c e the gripping means of the socket member.

v p vided with a. loop 26, in approximately the form of a circle disposedconcentric with the lopening 24; The free endk of the wire adjacent this loop is bent up at 'right angles and pointed and screw-threaded to form the post 27, as clearly shown.

" VvInFigfQ, theV shell 28 is of slightly differentV form, having 'a iiange ,29 adapted to be bent over the resilient member. This resilient member comprises a portion 30, which underlies the rim 29 throughout almost ltheentire circumference'of the shell.

AThe "endsof the portion 30 arerbent in-` .wardl-'y `toform a pair of parallel free resilient arms 31 and 32,' extending across the sides of the opening 24, and arranged to grip the head, 13 in the same manner as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. The arm 32 is bent sharply upon itself at 33, and is again bent outwardly at right angles and pointed and threaded to form a post 254.

y Other specific methods of forming and bending the resilient member will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art, but the above 'examples will serve to illustrate practical ways in which the screnhthreaded post can be formed integral with such resilient member, thereby effecting economy vin the cost of manufacture.

It will be seen that my improved fastening consists of two members, each of which comprises two parts or elements, and that by clamping the cloth between such parts, as described, the necessity for sewing or riveting is obviated.

What I claim is:

e 1. Aseparable fastener comprisinga socket member andy a head member, said socket member being provided with resilient gripping means, and having a central threaded post adapted to engage a button.

f l2. A separable fastener comprisino a socket member and a head member, said socket member being provided with resilient grip ping means, and having a `screw-threaded post adapted to engage a button.

3. Aseparable fastener comprising asocket member and a head member, said socket member having a pointed post ada ated to pierce the material of a garment or tie like, and a. button detachably connected to said post so as to grip the material between itself and the socket member.

1. In a separable fastener, a socket member comprising an outer andan inner portion adapted to be placed on opposite sides of the material, a threaded material piercing projection on one ofV said portions and a threaded aperture on the other portion for detachably engaging said projection.

5. In a separable fastener, a socket mem ber comprising outer and inner portions, one of said portions having an opening therein adapted to receive astud, a wire secured in said portion to overlie said open*- ing and form a resilient socket for said stud,

said wire also `having an outwardly project ing-portion adapted to secure said portion to the other portion.

6. In a separable fastener, a socket member comprising an outer and an inner portion adapted to be placed on opposite sides of the material, a resilient member coiled within one of said portions and forming al yielding jaw to engage a stud, one portion of said member being formed into a material piercing projection adapted to secure saidportion to the material and other portion. Y

7 In a separable fastener, a socket member comprising outer and inner portions, one of said portions having an opening therein adapted to receive a stud, a wire secured in said portion to overlie said opening and form a resilient socket for `said stud, v

said Wire also having an outwardly projecting threaded portion adapted to detachably secure said portion to the other portion.

8; In a separable fastener, a socket member comprising an outer and an inner portion adapted to be placed on opposite sides of the material, a resilient member coiled Within one of said portions and forming a yielding jaW to engage a stud, one portion. of said member being formed into a material piercing threaded projection, said other portion having a threaded aperture adapted to receive said projection.

9. In a separable fastener, the combination With a stud, of a resilient socket member therefor comprising a plate having an aperture therein adapted to receive the stud,

a Wire secured to said plate having a p0r- IDA V. BENOIT.

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